Dr. Patta holds Ph.D. (2012) and Master of Science (S.M.) degrees (2008) in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Her Ph.D. thesis addressed “Local Exposure and Efficacy of a Reservoir-Based Drug Delivery Device”, while her S.M. thesis addressed “Non-Fluorine Precursor Solutions for High-JC REBCO Superconductors.” She also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (2012-2013).

Prior to joining Smith Baluch LLP, Dr. Patta served as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Sampoerna University, in Jakarta, Indonesia (2015-2017), as well as a Lecturer in the Department of Materials Science at MIT (2012).